Dynamic Resolution Selection in Ultrasonic Strain Imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 809-823

  Lindop, Joel E ^a   Treece, Graham M ^a   Gee, Andrew H ^a   Prager, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parameter selection; Resolution; Strain imaging; Tradeoff; User interface

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS; USER INTERFACES;

DATA QUALITY; DYNAMIC RESOLUTION SELECTION; PARAMETER SELECTION; STRAIN IMAGING; TRADEOFF;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 42949146437     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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